Health-promoting behavior and its determinants toward non-communicable diseases among adult residents of the Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia: the application of the health belief model

Non-communicable diseases are becoming a challenge for the health care system in Ethiopia, which has suffered a double burden from infectious and rapidly increasing non-communicable diseases. However, there is little information on health-promoting behavior in the study settings. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine health-promoting behaviors and its associated factors among adult's residents of Gedeo zone.